Well, this is my first blog for my TOK class, and I have been thinking about this subject, America vs. England, for a while. Over the summer, my mom and I went to England, because she wanted me to have the experience of a different country. England was amazing! When I came home to America though, I noticed so many different things between the two countries. The majority of Americans are overweight, especially compared to British people. They give you similar portions food wise in London compared to America, but I think it comes down to the lack of exercise in America. British people walk EVERYWHERE! They rarely use cars, but instead they use the Tube (Underground Subway) and public buses to get somewhere if needed. You still have to walk though to get to the public transportation, and you have to walk pretty fast to keep up with everyone. Plus on the escalators down to the Tube, they have a system of everyone stands to the right and people in a hurry to their jobs or other places can run up or down the escalator on the left. It's a pretty efficient way for the people in a hurry to not have to wait for those not. In America, we are unfortunately too chubby to do that. The majority of Americans would take up the width of the whole escalator, which in England would hold two. I don't recall seeing obese people in London, and it seems like a big contrast to America, especially when we came back and we took the escalator in the airport and realized that we couldn't get past the lady in front of us. All in all, I feel that if Americans don't want to be looked down upon by other countries then we need to start actually caring about our health.
